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hanley ramirez a grand slam that first game. then, again he catches one up in the strike zone off of chris ray. this one he didn't catch quite as well, but he got enough of it to get it up there in that first section above the wall. that's another grand slam late in the game. the game was pretty much out of control by that time. orioles were already losing 6- 0. >> how about the three-game sweep. .462 average, two home runs, 11 rbi's, four runs scored and a couple of doubles. i've had many people tell mel -- tell me now that hanley ramirez is one of the top 10 players in the game today. >> there's no doubt in my mind the way he puts that bat on the ball. he hit everything. fastballs in object hi -- in on his hands, sirch sinkers in on his hands. what tells you a guy has a good swing is when he doesn't hit it on the good part of the bat he still gets a base hit. that tells me the guy has a great swing. >> one thing we want to do is apologize for some problems that we had in the ninth inning in south florida with electrical proble
hanley ramirez a grand slam that first game. then, again he catches one up in the strike zone off of chris ray. this one he didn't catch quite as well, but he got enough of it to get it up there in that first section above the wall. that's another grand slam late in the game. the game was pretty much out of control by that time. orioles were already losing 6- 0. >> how about the three-game sweep. .462 average, two home runs, 11 rbi's, four runs scored and a couple of doubles. i've had...
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hanley ramirez fouling one off his foot. he wept down in a hurry. >> buck: he uses that exaggerated leg kick. gets the foot down. it hit right on the inside of his instep of that left foot. >> jim: count holding 0-2 on ramirez. none out, one on. curves outside. hanley ramirez acquired in november 2005. he had mays made his big league debut that september with the red sox just outside, 2-2. above theever boston was look to go shore up their starting rotation and they were able to get josh beckett away from the florida marlins and the marlins insisted they take mike luol. i'm sure the red sox all knees -- mike lowell. i'm sure the red sox all these years later were blad they -- glad they did. hanley ramirez hanley ramirez was their top prospal tekt and -- prospect and came to florida and he rips one down to second base for a double. down in the count and he's still able to extend the arms and pull -- pull it for a one- out double. >> buck: again, they are able to sit back and look breaking ball. there's the step. keeps his han
hanley ramirez fouling one off his foot. he wept down in a hurry. >> buck: he uses that exaggerated leg kick. gets the foot down. it hit right on the inside of his instep of that left foot. >> jim: count holding 0-2 on ramirez. none out, one on. curves outside. hanley ramirez acquired in november 2005. he had mays made his big league debut that september with the red sox just outside, 2-2. above theever boston was look to go shore up their starting rotation and they were able to get...
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ramirez takes too much time. it's a hotshot to his left. watch ramirez. watch how relaxed he is, takes his time and now he looks up and reimold is there. he had to force the throw. nolan reimold has caught more middle infielders flat footed because of his speed. >> jim: so he hustles and he's on with one down, and that breaks the streak of 13 in a
ramirez takes too much time. it's a hotshot to his left. watch ramirez. watch how relaxed he is, takes his time and now he looks up and reimold is there. he had to force the throw. nolan reimold has caught more middle infielders flat footed because of his speed. >> jim: so he hustles and he's on with one down, and that breaks the streak of 13 in a
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he'll keep ramirez close. ramirez has 10 steams steals on the year. he has been caught five times. two hits in the inning. the double to get the rally going and single to drive in chris coghlan. strike taken by cantu. >> buck: they're going to have to use a few more fastballs and changeups here in the middle of the order just to put a different thought into the hitters mind. he's hitting breaking ball pretty consistently. even that swing right there, he was looking breaking ball. this is just a product of studying some video looking at rich hill's good outing seeing how he utilized that curve ball. he has enough confidence to throw at any time. right now, the marlins are looking for it with two strikes and they're doing a pretty good job of staying back. >> jim: 0-2 on jorge cantu. ramirez runs. taken inside. throw to second base goes into center field. i think it hit ramirez! adam jones quickly gets in on it and flips it back in. that will be a stolen base and another throwing error on matt wieters. >> buck: kind of tied up with the hitter cantu. never made contact. watch the brea
he'll keep ramirez close. ramirez has 10 steams steals on the year. he has been caught five times. two hits in the inning. the double to get the rally going and single to drive in chris coghlan. strike taken by cantu. >> buck: they're going to have to use a few more fastballs and changeups here in the middle of the order just to put a different thought into the hitters mind. he's hitting breaking ball pretty consistently. even that swing right there, he was looking breaking ball. this is...
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not so. >> jim: here is hanley ramirez. a dangerous hitter. if bonifacio tries to steal second base, if he is successful, that would take the bat out of the hands of rairmentdz because they would simply walk ramirez. we'll see what fredi gonzalez does. >> buck: if he can steal it, he'll steal it. they're not going to stop him if he thinks he has a jump and run. >> jim: hanley ramirez looking down to his third base coach porter. >> buck: bass is good at shutting the running game down. a big lead for bonifacio. >> jim: he doesn't go. bonifacio goes to second base on the breaking ball in the dirt. so the winning run is at second and no one down here in the 12th. >> buck: a couple of missteps here to start the bottom of the 12th. that ball just snuck under the glove of gregg zaun. he had pretty good position and he just didn't get the glove down the final couple ofisms. so now they have to check with the signs with the runner at second base to make sure they're on the same page. >> jim: the official scorer ruled that a wild pitch. >> buck: they're
not so. >> jim: here is hanley ramirez. a dangerous hitter. if bonifacio tries to steal second base, if he is successful, that would take the bat out of the hands of rairmentdz because they would simply walk ramirez. we'll see what fredi gonzalez does. >> buck: if he can steal it, he'll steal it. they're not going to stop him if he thinks he has a jump and run. >> jim: hanley ramirez looking down to his third base coach porter. >> buck: bass is good at shutting the...
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manny ramirez, this is kind of the manny ramirez network, if you will. we show you all of his at-bats for the isotopes. live right here. we've done that tonight. manny, 0 for 1. he walked and grounded out as manny continues to work his way back to the big leagues. july 3rd, he's currently on that 50-game suspension for performance enhancing drugs. manny running out on the field, or should i say, jogging out on the field. his first at bat. manny would jog to first with a four-pitch walk. second at bat, routine groundball to the shortstop. and manny's night would be over. two at-bats, a walk, and a ground out. manny, exhausted. and he'll play again tomorrow. is so it's the dodgers and the white sox. manny's team, the dodgers, ten games over .500 while he's serving the suspension. but the dodgeers getting shellacked tonight. 10-3 the final. the long ball working well for the white sox. and alexei ramirez, jermaine dye, josh fields, not once, but twice. all have gone deep. first time since 06. the white sox have done that. the yankees and braves have gone fi
manny ramirez, this is kind of the manny ramirez network, if you will. we show you all of his at-bats for the isotopes. live right here. we've done that tonight. manny, 0 for 1. he walked and grounded out as manny continues to work his way back to the big leagues. july 3rd, he's currently on that 50-game suspension for performance enhancing drugs. manny running out on the field, or should i say, jogging out on the field. his first at bat. manny would jog to first with a four-pitch walk. second...
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hanley ramirez has one thing on his mind. trying to get under a ball and drive it which he does, but it's off the end of his bat. that will be a double down the left-field line once adam dunn retrieves it. he's going to go for three, and now stop. he was first pitch swinging with a home run on his mind. >> rob: when you're seeing the ball real well, then it's a hanging breaking ball right there. he was trying to throw in there for an easy strike one. with his speed he easily gets a double. looks like he's limping a little bit. >> bob: hanley ramirez three more hits tonight. starting the night the leader with miguel tejada with 97. tavarez cannot give up another run here. the nationals bullpen has had an absolute nightmare against florida this year. that ball skipped and it was picked up in nifty fashion by wil nieves. >> bob: front door breaking ball, well off the plate inside. 2-0. the nats in the ninth, guzman, johnson and zimmerman. crucial to keep this a one run game. any one of those guy
hanley ramirez has one thing on his mind. trying to get under a ball and drive it which he does, but it's off the end of his bat. that will be a double down the left-field line once adam dunn retrieves it. he's going to go for three, and now stop. he was first pitch swinging with a home run on his mind. >> rob: when you're seeing the ball real well, then it's a hanging breaking ball right there. he was trying to throw in there for an easy strike one. with his speed he easily gets a...
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hanley ramirez fouls it back. ramirez had another good night at the plate. rbi single and a run scored in the third then a double and a run scored in the fifth. he's having a heck of a home stand. now 9-21 with a couple of home runs and nine rbi's. slider for a strike, good pitch. >> buck: he's had seven rbi's against the orioles including the grand slam jim mentioned then a two-run base hit in the first inning in last night's game against jason berken. probably going to be the starting shortstop in the all- star game coming up in st. louis. >> jim: by the way, i saw the rosters were announced today, buck, for the futures game and the orioles once again have a couple of prospects heading to that game and they're both pitchers. >> buck: yeah, that's great news for the organization. both brian matusz and chris tilghman will represent the orioles at the futures all-star game sunday july 12 in st. louis as part of the all-star festivities. tilghman is 5-4 with a .259 -- 2.59 e.r.a. in 12 starts for the norfolk tithes tides and brian matusz between a-ball and dou
hanley ramirez fouls it back. ramirez had another good night at the plate. rbi single and a run scored in the third then a double and a run scored in the fifth. he's having a heck of a home stand. now 9-21 with a couple of home runs and nine rbi's. slider for a strike, good pitch. >> buck: he's had seven rbi's against the orioles including the grand slam jim mentioned then a two-run base hit in the first inning in last night's game against jason berken. probably going to be the starting...
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hanley ramirez grand slam breaks it open. ninth inning coming up. >> jim: orioles baseball masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com and by honda. you can depend on your honda dealer for great leases and low financing. nighttime in miami. this one has been all marlins. ross gload stays in the game at first base. it means that the new pitcher will go into jorge cantu's spot and there's the new pitcher christopher leroux just called back from the minor leagues to take the place of lindstrom on the roster. >> buck: he was at double-a jacksonville. leroux is not -- has not had much experience much like tim wood. this is leroux's second stint with the ball club. he came up early in the season. made an appearance in one game. pitched two innings and then got sent back down. this is just his second major league appearance here. >> jim: wieters will lead off. andino on deck and then the pitcher's spot. wieters takes a ball. matt is 0--- 0-3 on the night and 4-18 on the trip. mention
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here is hanley ramirez. two outs. if albers gets ramirez, no harm done. we'll see what bonifacio does at first. will he try to steal second? he is running. pitch in the deet. wieters' throw into center field! bonifacio gets to third. pie must get the ball in. bonifacio coming towards the plate! here is the throw! he is safe at the plate! what a mental mistake by felix pie. he held the baseball! bonifacio looked up. he saw that pie still had it and he -- and he runs all the way to the plate. >> buck: boy, what a mistake. matt wieters digs the ball out of the dirt. never got a good grip on the baseball and throws it into center. look at bonifacio watch this play. he turns around to see what pie is going to do and never stops. pie through the ball -- threw the ball to second and that's costly. look at the indecisive -- he didn't know what to do. last thing you do is hold it. first thing do you is get it back to the infield as quick as possible. credit bonifacio for running with his head up. he had an idea before he ever touched third base that he could score
here is hanley ramirez. two outs. if albers gets ramirez, no harm done. we'll see what bonifacio does at first. will he try to steal second? he is running. pitch in the deet. wieters' throw into center field! bonifacio gets to third. pie must get the ball in. bonifacio coming towards the plate! here is the throw! he is safe at the plate! what a mental mistake by felix pie. he held the baseball! bonifacio looked up. he saw that pie still had it and he -- and he runs all the way to the plate....
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hanley ramirez, he has a grand slam. and matt wieters or an dry miller who went seven innings and allowed just one run on one hit. text in your vote to 51862. >> buck: dan myers comes on here and that will allow him to make as many pitches necessary to get loose. he has been a good pitcher for fredi gonzalez in this bullpen. he came out of the o's -- a's organization and they picked him up on wafers as they needed to add depth to the left-hand said of their bullpen and he fit the bill. >> jim: oscar sal la star is going do pitch pinch hit for felix pie. because of the pitching change, pie will be lifted for sal la star as the orioles are run out of time here trying to get back in here. >> buck: what a good pinch hitter sal la star has been with andino at first base. he'll come here and try to keep this rally going a lead-off home run, base hit, nobody out. salazar will pinch hit for felix pie who technically took over defensively in the second inning. >> jim: so salazar will bat and andino is on at first base and still n
hanley ramirez, he has a grand slam. and matt wieters or an dry miller who went seven innings and allowed just one run on one hit. text in your vote to 51862. >> buck: dan myers comes on here and that will allow him to make as many pitches necessary to get loose. he has been a good pitcher for fredi gonzalez in this bullpen. he came out of the o's -- a's organization and they picked him up on wafers as they needed to add depth to the left-hand said of their bullpen and he fit the bill....
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ramirez towards second. there's two and there's the inning, 6-4-3 ends the inning and the walk does not hurt. so markakis bounces into the twin killing. the bottom of the sixth coming wi up s mca1-1 game. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> jim: join us for more ac tomorrow. coverage on masn begins at 6:30 with "o's xtra" presented by at&t and game coverage beginning at 7:00. we have all of the access you need here on masn. around there's the pitching match-up. were kin against nolasco acouple of right-handers. >> buck: ricky nolasco is off to a disappointing start. he is just 3-6 with a 7.00 e.r.a. jason bier kin has bounced back after a couple of shaky starts. he is anxious to get back on track here in tomorrow night's game. >> jim: hanley ramirez. he went too far says chad fairchild that is a strike and it is 0-1. they will continue to monitor here. this has been the danger part for koji uehara, the third time through t
ramirez towards second. there's two and there's the inning, 6-4-3 ends the inning and the walk does not hurt. so markakis bounces into the twin killing. the bottom of the sixth coming wi up s mca1-1 game. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> jim: join us for more ac tomorrow. coverage on masn begins at 6:30 with "o's xtra" presented by at&t and game coverage beginning at 7:00. we have all...
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ramirez with his 10 home runs. that is more than any other shortstop in the minor leagues. -- major leagues. it's there's a strike on a breaking ball, 3-2. >> buck: backup breaking ball kind of confused hanley ramirez as it broke kind of in at him instead of breaking away. he got underneath the breaking ball and spun back towards the hitter. not exactly what you want to throw every time. those often end up in the seats. >> jim: here is the 3-2 swept foul. >> buck: that's a better breaking ball. he mid a quick adjustment. threw one down in a very good spot. just his sixth start of his young career. i think it's interesting that berken has made some pretty good adjustments. there's the adjustment on the slider as ramirez is out in front. just got the top half of the ball. >> jim: high fly ball on a hang breaking ball. there's pie charging in and the center fielder takes control and the inning is over. so, a second three up, three down inning for jason berken. we're halfway through. five innings complete now in florid
ramirez with his 10 home runs. that is more than any other shortstop in the minor leagues. -- major leagues. it's there's a strike on a breaking ball, 3-2. >> buck: backup breaking ball kind of confused hanley ramirez as it broke kind of in at him instead of breaking away. he got underneath the breaking ball and spun back towards the hitter. not exactly what you want to throw every time. those often end up in the seats. >> jim: here is the 3-2 swept foul. >> buck: that's a...
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but once they got hanley ramirez, his shortstop days were over. gip hanley ramirez on the mound. the shortstop signaled to the bench for the trainer to come out and the marlins' trainer and manager fredi gonzalez are coming out to check on nunez. >> buck: this is not a good sign anytime you bring the trainer with you and nunez is obviously feeling some discomfort. he is not sure where it is, obviously, but fredi gonzalez is going to take him out of the game. >> jim: so nunez will leave. he has faced two batters. the home run by wieters and a line drive single by robert andino. and a pitching change here because of injury in the eighth inning so wieters gets it started, the orioles batting in the eighth.
but once they got hanley ramirez, his shortstop days were over. gip hanley ramirez on the mound. the shortstop signaled to the bench for the trainer to come out and the marlins' trainer and manager fredi gonzalez are coming out to check on nunez. >> buck: this is not a good sign anytime you bring the trainer with you and nunez is obviously feeling some discomfort. he is not sure where it is, obviously, but fredi gonzalez is going to take him out of the game. >> jim: so nunez will...
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he went too far on that pitch that dipped down and away and strike one to ramirez. >> buck: hanley ramirez, the marlins shortstop leads the national league in batting average runners in scoring position in season. he's hit .329 for the year, 10 homers, 40 rbi's, 85 hits and he leads the national league in voting at the shortstop position. it's the 0-1. check swing. >> jim: the pitch in there. 1-1 the count. ps been -- it has been ruled an error on the throw i would guess as the ball did hit huff's glove, but it was not at the bag. for mora, his fifth error on the year. >> buck: pretty good right there. he tied up hanley ramirez with that sinking fastball down and in. what you have to do right now is you can't think about savingboth of these runs. you have to look for -- to take it one batter at a time. here is the sinking fastball down and in. really ties up hanley ramirez. pretty good location. a lot of movement. >> jim: northrop grumman, the information systems powerhouse bringing you the pitch strikes. ramirez down in the count 1-2. and a bloop
he went too far on that pitch that dipped down and away and strike one to ramirez. >> buck: hanley ramirez, the marlins shortstop leads the national league in batting average runners in scoring position in season. he's hit .329 for the year, 10 homers, 40 rbi's, 85 hits and he leads the national league in voting at the shortstop position. it's the 0-1. check swing. >> jim: the pitch in there. 1-1 the count. ps been -- it has been ruled an error on the throw i would guess as the ball...
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shortstop hanley ramirez, four home runs over his last seven games. he's hit in 28 of his last 35, 50 of his last 62. his 12 home runs leads all major league shortstops and ramirez will be batting third as you see in that florida line- up tonight. chris coughlin leads off, he'll be in left field, emilio bonifacio at third, then ramirez, cantu will be at first and uggla at second base, ross will be in center field, robs catching, brett carroll will be in right field, and ricky nolasco who has had major success against the nationals, he'll be on the mound tonight. ramirez the guy you've got to keep off the bases. i think you just mentioned, pitch around him. don't even pitch to this guy. >> you've got to pitch one guy tough in the line-up and he's good night that when you look at all the charts, he's just hammered us with 37 rbi's, 15 home runs, steals bases. so you can afford to, with two outs, pitch him tough, let him get on. i'd much rather have a guy on second base with two outs or have him on second base with nobody out. he's a guy i would pick in
shortstop hanley ramirez, four home runs over his last seven games. he's hit in 28 of his last 35, 50 of his last 62. his 12 home runs leads all major league shortstops and ramirez will be batting third as you see in that florida line- up tonight. chris coughlin leads off, he'll be in left field, emilio bonifacio at third, then ramirez, cantu will be at first and uggla at second base, ross will be in center field, robs catching, brett carroll will be in right field, and ricky nolasco who has...
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ramirez thinks about going to third. luke scott will play it back in. back-to-back hits and two on and still nobody out. >> buck: well, berken kind of created the situation for himself walking the first batter. then the defense made an error. melvin mora's fifth of the season. luke scott makes his 12th start in left field tonight. felix pie gives adam jones the night o his eighth start in center. nick markakis in right. mora, andino, roberts and huff, third to first on the infield and matt wieters is behind the plate for jason berken here. not a good start for the skipper. >> jim: jeremy hermida now, first and second. still nobody out. fastball is outside. 1-0. hanley ramirez at second. cantu at first with a left- hander up. you see huff playing behind the runner at first. ground ball slowly at short. andino back to first. double play! just gom him. nice pivot by roberts. two men down. now, if berken can get an out, he's out of it with only the two runs. >> buck: not that sharply hit. andino shovels quickly to brian roberts. gets around to second base t
ramirez thinks about going to third. luke scott will play it back in. back-to-back hits and two on and still nobody out. >> buck: well, berken kind of created the situation for himself walking the first batter. then the defense made an error. melvin mora's fifth of the season. luke scott makes his 12th start in left field tonight. felix pie gives adam jones the night o his eighth start in center. nick markakis in right. mora, andino, roberts and huff, third to first on the infield and...
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hanley ramirez finishes second with 13% and andrew miller who held the orioles to just one hit, 7% of the vote. that is a look at our a. the 57b. the player of the game. 12 innings, 7-6 loss to the florida marlins, that's when we continue here on masn. commute. ♪ commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> wieters auto high fly ball to left field and coghlan and that ball is gone. matt wieters is going the opposite way. there's a second big league home run and the orioles are trying to chip back here in the eighth. >> matt wieters with a pretty good time over the last 10 games. 13 hits in 37 trip0s the plate. he has hit .351 during that period acouple of home runs, six rbi's, six runs scored and three doubles. when you look back at wieters, it looks like he has finally gotten into a groove. >> it is safe to say that swing has shortened up like to when he was in the minors. at first his swing got real long and as of now he is show
hanley ramirez finishes second with 13% and andrew miller who held the orioles to just one hit, 7% of the vote. that is a look at our a. the 57b. the player of the game. 12 innings, 7-6 loss to the florida marlins, that's when we continue here on masn. commute. ♪ commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> wieters auto high fly ball...
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hanley ramirez then drove in two. ball one to jeremy hermida. hermida bounced into a double play his first at-bat. -- at-bat. he's now 0-10. this is the second game against the orioles. they will conclude their interleague play this weekend in tampa against the rays. breaking ball for a strike. the second time through the lineup has been the most efficient and consistent for berken in his previous five starts. the batting average, buck, against berken the second time, .225. it was .279 the first time. then, it jumps up to .417 the third time. >> buck: i think the first time through drd -- the first time through the order, he's trying to get con troafl his emotion. you have to remember these younger pitchers are just getting their first taste of big league babe. there will be all kinds of emotional hills and valleys they have to deal with. we've seen all of them. none are intimidated by the big leagues by any means. they've been very good in their composure. you have to control your emotions and get some experience. nothing more than that. >> jim
hanley ramirez then drove in two. ball one to jeremy hermida. hermida bounced into a double play his first at-bat. -- at-bat. he's now 0-10. this is the second game against the orioles. they will conclude their interleague play this weekend in tampa against the rays. breaking ball for a strike. the second time through the lineup has been the most efficient and consistent for berken in his previous five starts. the batting average, buck, against berken the second time, .225. it was .279 the...
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it started with hanley ramirez trying to steal third. >> rob: just second. then you think you're going to run over to third. he gets dund gunned down by wil nieves. dan uggla thinks he'll take extra base on elijah dukes and elijah guns him down. cristian guzman quickly beat. great slow throw, but nick johnson on the other end that's good job squeezing that out of the dirt. a great 1-2-3 inning last inning. most it it -- most of it by the defense. >> bob: that ball is coming back fair. zimmerman on the run. he throws out john baker proving you never gup on a foul ball. if it comes back fair before it reaches the bag, it's flaibl. how about the english on this thing. oops. >> rob: looks like he fell coming out of the box. great job by zim on the throw. >> bob: sean west, the pitcher up thee. left-handed pitcher, right- handed hitter. he's 0-10 with eight strikeouts. >> rob: a rare combination. >> bob: thanks to that quick out, stammen could be facing the top of the order here very quickly in the third. and the pitcher helps out on ball two by neig
it started with hanley ramirez trying to steal third. >> rob: just second. then you think you're going to run over to third. he gets dund gunned down by wil nieves. dan uggla thinks he'll take extra base on elijah dukes and elijah guns him down. cristian guzman quickly beat. great slow throw, but nick johnson on the other end that's good job squeezing that out of the dirt. a great 1-2-3 inning last inning. most it it -- most of it by the defense. >> bob: that ball is coming back...
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. >> bob: bottom of the 10t josh bard, willie harris, hanley ramirez. nats were swept three at tampa bay, lost 2-3 in this ballpark earlier in the month to the orioles. batting average not good. runs per game, not good. e.r.a., good. a lot of tight ballgames. here is brandon league. league is a resident of honolulu from nick johnson's neighborhood in sacramento. 26 years of age, 6'2", 205. off and on career for the blue jays over the last five years. up and down, up and down. only averaging about 20 games a year. he's been back and forth between toronto and triple-a so much. brand new pitcher, first-pitch swinging. >> rob: you remember he took three strikes -- three strikes his last time, so he wanted to make sure he got a good hack in. figured league would try to get ahead with a fastball. he did and just missed it. >> bob: willie harris has had a fantastic night. 1-3, a double, a walk and a spectacular running catch on vernon wells to end the top of the ninth. nats would go on to get a leadoff man aboard and would never get the man off first base. >>
. >> bob: bottom of the 10t josh bard, willie harris, hanley ramirez. nats were swept three at tampa bay, lost 2-3 in this ballpark earlier in the month to the orioles. batting average not good. runs per game, not good. e.r.a., good. a lot of tight ballgames. here is brandon league. league is a resident of honolulu from nick johnson's neighborhood in sacramento. 26 years of age, 6'2", 205. off and on career for the blue jays over the last five years. up and down, up and down....
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hanley ramirez now has 10 home runs. uggla has 13 -- excuse me, 14. he has one tonight and cody ross batting seventh has 12. high fly ball, left center field. luke scott was playing deep, but he hustles in and he has it for the out. and we are going to the 11th. so a three up, three down 10th for st an jim johnson. jim johnson. tuesday night in miami in a
hanley ramirez now has 10 home runs. uggla has 13 -- excuse me, 14. he has one tonight and cody ross batting seventh has 12. high fly ball, left center field. luke scott was playing deep, but he hustles in and he has it for the out. and we are going to the 11th. so a three up, three down 10th for st an jim johnson. jim johnson. tuesday night in miami in a
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anytime do you, that you set table for hanley ramirez who took full advantage driving in two with his first at-bat, a flare into right field. every aspect of the game as keen as the orioles played in philadelphia, this was as forgettable a game as i have seen for a while now from this ball club. >> marlins win it 5-2. let's send it back to you in and rick in the studios. >> as always, thanks to jim and buck. obviously, rick, they're talking a little bit about the mishaps tonight. i guess the one that glared out the most is on the stolen base that bonifacio was able to run from first to the plate. >> he went from first base on a stolen base and it's up to felix pie to pick that ball up and get it back into the infield scwix you can. you learn that in class a ball. he helped on to the ball, hopped, skipped and jumped and stood flatfootedded. he could have run it in quicker than he threw it. you can't give that much time -- that much time to bonifacio because he's too fast. all he needed was one-half a step extra out there and he got and he scored easily on the play. there's no way that
anytime do you, that you set table for hanley ramirez who took full advantage driving in two with his first at-bat, a flare into right field. every aspect of the game as keen as the orioles played in philadelphia, this was as forgettable a game as i have seen for a while now from this ball club. >> marlins win it 5-2. let's send it back to you in and rick in the studios. >> as always, thanks to jim and buck. obviously, rick, they're talking a little bit about the mishaps tonight. i...
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coghlan, bonifacio and ramirez. happenry ramirez leading the marlins, 83 hits, 42 runs scored and 21 doubles. jorge cantu, jeremy hermida, cody ross, john baker and andrew miller. >> buck: now it is time for the pnc scouting report for uehara. a fastball leads the way. he has a variety of pitches, but it is all about the fastball. he doesn't give up any walks. he has four walk-free starts in 11 starts this year. a cool night here in miami. it might be good results for koji uehara. everybody is a little anxious whenever that thermometer gets up over 90 degrees. it is a cool night relative to what it has been down here in south florida. >> jim: yesterday it got up to 98 degrees in miami. the sun was out the ma majority of the day and there's why it got that warm an was very muggy. when the front went through here about three hours ago, it took some of that weather with it. coghlan, 24 years old. he is a rookie. koji misses inside, 2-1. there is the game-time temperatures, buck, for koji uehara's starts. >> buck: he ha
coghlan, bonifacio and ramirez. happenry ramirez leading the marlins, 83 hits, 42 runs scored and 21 doubles. jorge cantu, jeremy hermida, cody ross, john baker and andrew miller. >> buck: now it is time for the pnc scouting report for uehara. a fastball leads the way. he has a variety of pitches, but it is all about the fastball. he doesn't give up any walks. he has four walk-free starts in 11 starts this year. a cool night here in miami. it might be good results for koji uehara....
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here is ramirez with the field in. he takes inside. hanley ramirez is the leading hitter in the national league run withers in scoring position. he comp with a man at @hird. >> buck: that average is elevated in this situation with the infield drawn in. you really limit the infield arrests range. i understand the strategies eadown by two. >> jim: there's a strike. good pitch opt hitting with runners in scoring position, you play the infield back, he'll play pepper with the middle infielders and pickup the rbi. now you have to force him to hit a base hit or hit one to the outfield. >> jim: off the glove of hill through the middle into center field there's a base hit. coghlan scores. 3-0, florida. ramirez comes through again driving in frthird his 43rd rbi. it's 3-0. florida. >> buck: he stays up the middle in this situation. watch how he keeps his hands inside the baseball not thinkiut too much baseball. he really kiofjammed onside fastball because he's got a good approach here atúúúúúth ppp hnkigúaoteeiñg8txe8ball
here is ramirez with the field in. he takes inside. hanley ramirez is the leading hitter in the national league run withers in scoring position. he comp with a man at @hird. >> buck: that average is elevated in this situation with the infield drawn in. you really limit the infield arrests range. i understand the strategies eadown by two. >> jim: there's a strike. good pitch opt hitting with runners in scoring position, you play the infield back, he'll play pepper with the middle...
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hanley ramirez is usually in the middle of everything. >> jim p.: he had two grand slams. he did the adam dunn impression against the orioles. >> bob: a couple of good breaking balls. sometimes -- will try to pull one -- sometimes wil will try to pull a couple of pitches. he's in emergency mode here. and he got him on three in a row. >>> back at the yard. time to check in on the minor leagues. brian matusz has done very well since being promoted to double- a bowie. last game he had a good outing. he left at 5 1/3 innings, gave up just one earned runs, three hits and struck out five. he has a 1.96 e.r.a. overall in the minor leagues this season. >> bob: thank you, amber. bottom of the sixth coming up. wigginton, markakis and huff. john lannan giving up only one run on three hits, all of that came early. he has retired eight of the last nine. pretty good off-speed pitch there. zimmerman to johnson. >> jim p.: the impressive thing is that when you give up a walk, a double and a single and they only get one run, you have first and third
hanley ramirez is usually in the middle of everything. >> jim p.: he had two grand slams. he did the adam dunn impression against the orioles. >> bob: a couple of good breaking balls. sometimes -- will try to pull one -- sometimes wil will try to pull a couple of pitches. he's in emergency mode here. and he got him on three in a row. >>> back at the yard. time to check in on the minor leagues. brian matusz has done very well since...
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hanley ramirez swings through it. it's no balls and two strikes. >> buck: obviously, the president of baseball separations -- operations is on the trip andy macphail. there's a lot of conversation going on about preventative moves and whatever you might have to do should the news not be good after the examination tomorrow. >> jim: 0-2, he got him. what a start for rich hill. three strikeouts, three swinging strikeouts, and marlins go in order, three up, three down. so, rich hill looking for his fourth win gets them in order in the first. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled to
hanley ramirez swings through it. it's no balls and two strikes. >> buck: obviously, the president of baseball separations -- operations is on the trip andy macphail. there's a lot of conversation going on about preventative moves and whatever you might have to do should the news not be good after the examination tomorrow. >> jim: 0-2, he got him. what a start for rich hill. three strikeouts, three swinging strikeouts, and marlins go in order, three up, three down. so, rich hill...
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grand slam to hanley ramirez, one of the best hitters in the national league and a couple of years ago, the m.v.p., ryan howard with the three-run home run on saturday night. >> bob: we know all about those two guys. >> jim: who doesn't if you're playing in the n.l. >> bob: we have the pleasure of seeing them both 18 time as year. top of the seventh, bard, harris and hernandez for the nationals. they haven't had a hit since ryan zimmerman's opposite field sing until the third. so brad bergesen gives up a run on four hits through six. two walks, five strikeouts. he hit a batter, and a slow roller right side and under the glove of brian roberts. we'll see if they give josh bard a base hit. >> jim: i imagine they would. we talked to brian, because they speed the infield up here a little bit, you have to take an angle to get to the ball. because you go back, watch it hit on the grass, and it stays down. yep. again probably a couple of months ago he would have got ton that easily. but, as you said, it is the same for both teams. the orioles have certainly taken advantage of the 14 hits. >>
grand slam to hanley ramirez, one of the best hitters in the national league and a couple of years ago, the m.v.p., ryan howard with the three-run home run on saturday night. >> bob: we know all about those two guys. >> jim: who doesn't if you're playing in the n.l. >> bob: we have the pleasure of seeing them both 18 time as year. top of the seventh, bard, harris and hernandez for the nationals. they haven't had a hit since ryan zimmerman's opposite field sing until the third....
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two for four and carl crawford 2-4 and ramirez 1 for 4 and a.j. price getting the win. he's been struggling to get this win. the marlins held to just -- >> you know, with upton's solo home run, rays became the fifth team in the major history to hit 100 home runs and steal 100 bases. of the five teams, rays had the most stolen bases. they could challenge to have the most home runs, as well, but the stats don't necessarily mean victory, only the 2003 marlins actually won the world series the year they did that. >> get you caught up on the windy city rivalry. just saw the score change. 6-0 white sox. dye going yard in this one in bottom of the eighth to extend the lead for the white sox. and these two teams, well, they are pretty even all the way through as far as their matchup is concerned. and two-run shot in the game, 10th home run for this player. >> coming up next, the united states came away from soccer history. history. what a - ( "doorway" playing ) - ♪ i wanna feel you - ( camera clicks ) - ♪ i've gotta shake you off ♪ i watch the doorway ♪ you get right u
two for four and carl crawford 2-4 and ramirez 1 for 4 and a.j. price getting the win. he's been struggling to get this win. the marlins held to just -- >> you know, with upton's solo home run, rays became the fifth team in the major history to hit 100 home runs and steal 100 bases. of the five teams, rays had the most stolen bases. they could challenge to have the most home runs, as well, but the stats don't necessarily mean victory, only the 2003 marlins actually won the world series...
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want to ask you about hanley ramirez. do you believe he's one of the top 10 players in the game today? >> yes, he is. actually, i can go back a long way because i remember this young boy at -- when he was a young boy at about 18 years old in the dominican league he had big paws. he had paws like you would think a 6'4", 250-pound man would be. he's some kind of hitter. you've got to treat all great hitters in the middle of the order fairly similar. you've got to try to stay away. you've got to straint them up. i think berken's breaking ball is very important today. if he throws that good slider he's had a bunch of times, he can keep him off balance. if you can keep him the other way, it's ok because it's a lot less damage in right center field on the ground than it is up in the air to left center field. >> dave, the second baseman for the marlins, dan uggla is somebody you've really got to watch out for. his batting average will fool you. he's not hitting much for average, but he can hit the ball out of the ballpark. secon
want to ask you about hanley ramirez. do you believe he's one of the top 10 players in the game today? >> yes, he is. actually, i can go back a long way because i remember this young boy at -- when he was a young boy at about 18 years old in the dominican league he had big paws. he had paws like you would think a 6'4", 250-pound man would be. he's some kind of hitter. you've got to treat all great hitters in the middle of the order fairly similar. you've got to try to stay away....
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. >>> and the home run alive in the first at-bat for manny ramirez and we are bringing you every at-bat during his rehab on "espnews." >>> and in a wimbledon debut, melanie oudin pulled off the big upset. wait until you hear what her wait un(announcer)r what her what does greatness taste like? a miller lite. (announcer on call) ...he throws it across the field. he's got something! 30...40...50...he's got it! 40! he's got it! 20...10...he's got it! 5!...endzone! touch down! there are no flags on the field! it's a miracle! (announcer) that's what greatness tastes like. triple hops brewed. great pilsner taste. miller lite. taste greatness. look at this! (laughing) - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! yo, those things are so-o good. mmm, amazing. you think anybody can eat that whole thing by themselves? it's like i hit the lottery in food. now get big meals, like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. - here's your check! - look at that! (laughing) - small price! - we just feasted for 5 bucks! the big eat tiny price menu. no
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you see hanley ramirez inside- outs that ball to right field. he's swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins right now. >> a grounder mishandled by emilio bonifacio. brian roberts will score. orioles down 3-1. >> the orioles had this opportunity right from and melvin mora with a ways hit -- base hit to left field. orioles are -- orioles are tightening up the score right here. nick markakis around. orioles pull to within one run of the marlins with this base hit to left. >> marlins get another run in the seventh inning. emilio bonifacio. matt wieters throws the ball into center field and bonifacio is going to score all the way from second. >> felix pie kind of goes to leap sleep a little out there in the outfield. right away, bonifacio takes advantage of it. gets that one extra step that allows him to score and marlins go on to win this game 5-2. >> five runs, 11 base hits for the marlins. nolasco gets the victory. he came into the game with a 7.15 e.r.a. save goes to mier. berken one win and four losses. he deser
you see hanley ramirez inside- outs that ball to right field. he's swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins right now. >> a grounder mishandled by emilio bonifacio. brian roberts will score. orioles down 3-1. >> the orioles had this opportunity right from and melvin mora with a ways hit -- base hit to left field. orioles are -- orioles are tightening up the score right here. nick markakis around. orioles pull to within one run of the marlins with...
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hanley ramirez is hitting .330. in this series, 3-8 with a home run, six rbi's against the orioles. jorge cantu and dan uggla have also done some damage. cody ross, the center fielder for the marlins is hitting .280 with 12 home runs including three grand slams. how impressed are you with cody ross? >> i don't get a chance to sthee guy enough. i like what i see. he has an outstanding swing. he's a very powerful swing. pretty good center fielder. aside of that, this guy has three grand slams on the season. he's somebody now who is really looking for pitches in certain situations. i can tell by watching those replays, he is thinking pull all the time. you know, you just got to be real care informal fastball situation when you have a guy like that who wants to get extended. he's got the bat speed and the leg power and everything to drive the ball out of the ballpark. you don't give into his wishes. you have to pitch him a little backwards at time. make him hit the off-speed stuff for a while. he'll be so anxious to swing at it he'll pop-up and strikeout a little more. >> last nice, cod
hanley ramirez is hitting .330. in this series, 3-8 with a home run, six rbi's against the orioles. jorge cantu and dan uggla have also done some damage. cody ross, the center fielder for the marlins is hitting .280 with 12 home runs including three grand slams. how impressed are you with cody ross? >> i don't get a chance to sthee guy enough. i like what i see. he has an outstanding swing. he's a very powerful swing. pretty good center fielder. aside of that, this guy has three grand...
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they have been phenomenal this year even without manny ramirez who is less than a week away from coming back. >> bob: two of the five team ifs last place, interesting. >> rob: maybe the one, two, three hitters shouldn't be so good. they should be the four, five, six. >> bob: make, them the one, three, five and put somebody between them. >> jim: they give numbers for everything now. of course when the mets came in, david wright, as he still is, was hitting the highest average in the national league. of course everybody was saying that they should move him from -- that they should move him from fifth to third or fourth, whatever, because if you start looking at the total of at-bats you get in a year, it is something like 780 to 730 depending upon where you hit in the lineup. >> bob: oh, nick johnson takes another one. >> rob: another curve ball. >> bob: he is wearing a shin guard tonight. >> rob: i think that got him in the toe bone. >> bob: the lump on his shin had totally disappeared. so he gets hit for the second straight night >> rob: ouch! last last night it was breaking ball by john
they have been phenomenal this year even without manny ramirez who is less than a week away from coming back. >> bob: two of the five team ifs last place, interesting. >> rob: maybe the one, two, three hitters shouldn't be so good. they should be the four, five, six. >> bob: make, them the one, three, five and put somebody between them. >> jim: they give numbers for everything now. of course when the mets came in, david wright, as he still is, was hitting the highest...
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ryan howard who hits them off of everybody, then hanley ramirez who does the same thing, grand slam. you consider how far he's come from that tommy john surgery, he's had a very good year. ran into him last night. he said, i hope i'm here for the rest of the year, but i'm sure there's other teams that are looking, hey, this could be a guy that could an pretty good and important addition to the back end of some bullpen. >> rob: you guys talked about where your bullpen was in the game. last time hernandez came out, he had a lot of pitches early on and got him out of the ballgame. that's where the nationals took this lead. >> jim h.: 0-2 on willie harris. fouls it back to stay alive. guzman and johnson to follow. the orioles in the bottom of the ninth, reimold, scott and salazar due up. >> rob: it's very important for the bullpen to try to keep scores the way they found it when they came in the ballgame. if you start giving up tack on runs, very difficult to keep chasing the lead. >> jim p.: a splitter that hangs up. if it's so good, two-seamer, he has to pitch down in the strike zone.
ryan howard who hits them off of everybody, then hanley ramirez who does the same thing, grand slam. you consider how far he's come from that tommy john surgery, he's had a very good year. ran into him last night. he said, i hope i'm here for the rest of the year, but i'm sure there's other teams that are looking, hey, this could be a guy that could an pretty good and important addition to the back end of some bullpen. >> rob: you guys talked about where your bullpen was in the game. last...